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...Hitler's plan for a united Christian Europe and the conquest of pagan Russia. Two things were wrong with this story: 1) Father Odo was exiled by the Nazis seven years ago; 2) instead of persuading U. S. bigwigs, he stayed quietly at a Benedictine church in The Bronx...
...make poisonous snakes safe to handle, Dr. Raymond L Ditmars, curator of mammals and reptiles at the Bronx Zoo, put them in refrigerators, chilled them into docility...
...extemporaneous opening he paid his respects to Chairman Flynn, "that apostle of purity of The Bronx," and invited Candidate Roosevelt to answer three questions: 1) What did he think about a fourth term?* 2) Had he entered into any secret pact with a foreign nation? 3) How did he justify running as a liberal and reform candidate with the support of the political machines of Chicago, Jersey City and The Bronx? Reading from his manuscript, Willkie attacked Roosevelt's foreign policy, the present role...
Last week the New Deal, after holding ils fire all summer, once more turned its guns on the press. A preliminary barrage was laid down by Edward J. Flynn, longtime boss of New York City's Bronx, now chairman of the Democratic National Committee. One morning, at press conference in Manhattan, Boss Flynn let go with both barrels, accused the newspapers of truckling to a "dictatorship of their advertisers and stockholders...
...quetzal was Robert Owen of England in 1840. Plume-hunters nearly exterminated the birds, which are now protected by the Guatemalan Government. The first live, baby quetzals were taken out of Guatemala by Explorer von Hagen three years ago. Three, all of which have since died, went to The Bronx Zoo. Six went to London. When last heard from two of these were still living. Chicago also acquired two young quetzals last...